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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:13 am
by mlittle
Carpenter, Kanaan, Sharp and Fisher have pulled into pitlane..........no visible damage on the #11, good stop........

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:14 am
by mlittle
Race control reporting that Marco has been released from the infield care center and is okay...........still under caution.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:16 am
by mlittle
Radio traffic btwn. Patrick and her engineer indicating that everything seems okay, though she did report "some weird feelings" after going off-course(most likely dirt on the tires....)......

Back to green!!!
Restarts at Mid-Ohio are on the pitstraight; Castroneves leads, Dixon 2nd.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:18 am
by mlittle
Kanaan up to 15th; Patrick up to 8th

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:20 am
by mlittle
Manning sets fast lap, a 1:11.411[8]

Castroneves still leads; Kanaan starting to charge back up to the front, now in 13th

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:22 am
by mlittle
Wheldon resets fast lap, at 1:10.969(10) ; putting lots of pressure on IndyCar debutant Ryan Hunter-Reay

Rice passes Scheckter for 9th; a train of cars look to be forming behind the lapped car of Sarah Fisher(RHR, Wheldon, Patrick)

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:23 am
by mlittle
Bit of a gap developing btwn. the first five cars back to 6th

Top-5 at the moment....Castroneves, Dixon, Manning, Franchitti and Hornish

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:25 am
by mlittle
Rice resets fast lap at 1:10.891 sec(13)

Patrick closes the gap to Wheldon, now less than 1/2-sec.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:26 am
by mlittle
Meira passes teammate Matsuura for P11

Castroneves resets fast lap at 1:09.717

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:29 am
by mlittle
Three-way fight for 6th, 7th and 8th developing btwn. Hunter-Reay, Wheldon and Patrick

Dixon resets fast lap at 1:09.572(16)

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:34 am
by mlittle
Top-5 still unchanged; Castroneves, Dixon, Manning, Franchitti and Hornish

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:36 am
by mlittle
Watching the television broadcast, you can see the top-5 have broken away from the rest of the field

Race control reporting that every team has lost the television feed; telemetry and radio still up and functioning

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:37 am
by mlittle
Wheldon resets fast lap at 1:09.507(22)

Nice quote from AGR co-owner Kevin Savoree....."When the visor goes down, common sense goes out the window." Let's hook him up with the the Speed Channel F1 broadcast crew, hmmm? :wink: :wink: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:39 am
by mlittle
First round of stops expected around laps 28-31

Hunter-Reay resets fast lap at 1:09.389(25); Patrick drops fast lap down to 1:09.354(25)

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:40 am
by mlittle
Rice resets fast lap almost as quickly; now at 1:09.262(26)

Matsuura pits from 12th